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Moose Hunting Season Could Open in Michigan WIthin Two Years

Online Editors — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:56:18 -0500

From the Detroit Free Press:
LANSING — Michigan might be inching closer to allowing a moose hunt in the state.

The state Senate unanimously approved a bill today that would direct the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to set up an advisory council for a moose hunt and an annual hunting season. The legislation now heads to the House.

Shed Hunter Finds Two Minnesota Record-Book Moose Locked After Battle to the Death

Online Editors — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:53:41 -0500

Tim Bradach picked up the find of a lifetime this winter when he discovered these remains of two record-book bulls.

Anchorage Outfits Fleet of Trucks to Salvage Road-Kill Moose

Online Editors — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:15:56 -0500

From the Anchorage Daily News:
The city of Anchorage and the Alaska Moose Federation have teamed up speed removal of road-kill moose from area roads. Using a state grant, four trucks have been outfitted with winches that can quickly get a carcass off the road and deliver it to wherever a charity wants it, reports KTUU.

Arizona Asks Voters to Make Hunting Part of Their Constitution

Online Editors — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:13:14 -0500

From the Arizona Daily Sun:
[Arizona] State lawmakers are moving to constitutionally protect the right to hunt and fish, a move backers admit is designed to undermine future voter efforts to restrict how that can be done.

Discussion Topic: Citizen’s Initiative Takes Aim At Montana Outfitters

Online Editors — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:58:29 -0500

Designed to end outfitter-sponsored nonresident big game licenses, Montana’s Citizen’s Initiative 161 could have far-reaching implication. The proposal reflects the public’s frustration with outfitters tying up all the best hunting land—a feeling that’s plainly shared by many hunters beyond Montana’s borders.

Ontario Archery Record Moose

Online Editors — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:38:41 -0500

After the shot, the moose ran out into the cut in front of us, stopped, and started huffing and puffing. He looked like he might go down right there, but instead he started running to our right. Konrad gave him a grunt, and he turned and ran right at us. At one point, all I saw was a wall of antlers bearing in on us. Konrad dropped the camera, and we jumped out of the way.

Giant Moose Could Be New Ontario Archery Record

Online Editors — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:13:07 -0500

IT manager Dale Tucker, 35, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI arrowed what will almost certainly be Ontario’s new No. 1 archery bull.

Petzal Reviews the Second Edition of Terry Wieland's "Dangerous-Game Rifles"

Online Editors — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:39:08 -0500

There are only a few books on guns that are worth a damn, and to make matters worse they are rarely updated* and become less valuable over the years. Such is the case with Warren Page’s The Accurate Rifle (1973) or Jim Carmichel’s The Book of the Rifle (1985)--still eminently worth reading, but now quite dated.

Field & Stream's 25 Best Big Game Reader Photos of 2009

Online Editors — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:01:44 -0500

You sent us more than 8,000 photos in 2009. These are our editors' picks for the 25 best shots of big game animals.

Swedish Police Finger Moose As Murder Suspect

Online Editors — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:32:03 -0500

Here’s one from F&S Shotguns Editor, Phil Bourjaily, who notes:
It's like those Swedish subtitles from Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("A moose bit my sister once") but gone terribly wrong.

Idaho’s Nonresident Hunting Fee Hikes Backfire

Online Editors — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:13:23 -0400

From The Spokesman Review:
Instead of raising more revenue, a fee increase hitting out-of-state hunters and anglers has resulted in less money flowing to the Idaho Fish and Game Department this year.

“Usually in Idaho we sell out right away when it comes to our nonresident deer and elk hunters, and at this time we are not sold out and we’re seeing a lag,” said Fish and Game Director Cal Groen. “We have tags left over.”

Is This the New Pope and Young World Record Alaska Moose?

Online Editors — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:03:50 -0400

Darrin Mack arrowed what may be the new Pope and Young world-record Alaska-Yukon moose last month. Here is his story.

Booth Babe Round-Up

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:28:00 -0400

Take a look at all the best "Booth Babe" photos from the last few years of the SHOT Show.

Moose-Tag Heartache in Nova Scotia

Joe_Cermele — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:34:50 -0400

From the Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald:

Tuesday’s luckiest winner of a moose-hunting license is now among the more than 10,000 losers in Nova Scotia who won’t hunt this year.

Glen Marchand of Louisdale picked his own name and was declared a winner by provincial Natural Resources Department staff during a public draw in Sydney Forks, but he was told Wednesday that he had actually picked his similarly named neighbor as a winner.

Siblings Get Life In “Hunting Accident” Murder

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:08:44 -0400

From GoErie.com:

A brother and sister were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the slaying of the sister's estranged husband at the victim's home near the Allegheny National Forest on Dec. 5. . . .
State police said [Cory] Altman and Susan Yeager conspired to kill Shawn Yeager and make it look like a hunting accident. . . .

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Chad Love: The Ultimate Scouting Resource?

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:17:22 -0400

One of the things that never fails to amaze me about anglers and hunters is the level of observational wisdom many of us possess, the kind of specialized natural history knowledge gained only through years of woods and water time. John Merwin's recent blog post is an excellent example of this connecting-the-natural-dots talent outdoorsmen possess.

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Discussion Topic: PA To Crack Down On Poachers

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:14:50 -0400

From the PR Newswire:

Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today praised the House Game and Fisheries Committee and its chairmen. . . for its near unanimous approval of House Bill 97, which would increase penalties and fines for poaching. . . .

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Two Michigan Troopers May Be Fired For Poaching

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:12:36 -0400

Speaking of poaching, should the penalty be stiffer for police officers who do their poaching while on duty?

From the Cheboygan Daily Tribune:

Two Michigan State Troopers who served brief jail sentences and were reassigned after admitting to poaching deer while on duty have lost their jobs, pending an arbitration hearing. 

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Discussion Topic: On Sotomayor and Your Guns

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:07:20 -0400

You’ve gotta to love our political system and the media’s coverage of it: When neither can offer clarity—and they almost never can—there’s always at least comedy, usually unintended and in the form of farce. President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor seems a good example:

The right says Sotomayor wants to ban guns. The left says she has merely upheld “settled law.” And it all stems from nunchucks. Nunchucks!

Here’s a sampling of the latest:

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Chad Love: Guns, Rods, and Bike Helmets

Joe_Cermele — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:52:35 -0400

I started hunting and fishing with a mountain bike in college because I didn't have a car and I was young, fit and poor. I am now old, fat and regrettably still poor, but I still enjoy using a mountain bike to hunt and fish public land.

A good mountain bike is a surprisingly effective means of off-road transportation and I've always wondered why more hunters and anglers didn't utilize them, especially in areas closed to motor vehicles.

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Video Blog: Shooting Over A Chronograph

Joe_Cermele — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:51:31 -0400

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Chad Love: Locked & Loaded in Parkland

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:28:51 -0400

There's already been a boatload of bloviation expressed on the recent reversal of the ban on loaded firearms in our national parks, some of it sensible but most of it (predictably) bordering on hysterics.

This column from the Huffington Post is a perfect example:

"In fact, the new rule is likely to make national park visitors less safe around wildlife. Packing heat could give some people a false sense of security and make them more likely to approach bison, elk, moose, and grizzly bears, rather than keep a safe distance which is better for both people and animals."

But the most certain outcome of this congressional action is that it will promote poaching. The National Park Service warned in its fiscal 2006 budget submission each year for the past several years ... The data suggests that there is a significant domestic as well as international trade for illegally taken plant and animal parts." Poaching, the agency said, "is suspected to be a factor in the decline of at least 29 species of wildlife and could cause the extirpation of 19 species from the parks."

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States Save Millions Swapping Fish And Ammo

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:58:26 -0400

From The New York Times:

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Chad Love: Six-Word Story Contest Winner

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:21:50 -0400

When I first thought up the idea for the six-word story contest I expected the usual response my blogs generate: a dozen or so comments, the obligatory question about which picture at the top is me (yes, sir, I am indeed the "slack-jawed hillbilly" on the left...) and that one guy who always chides me about my alleged bashing of the Dubya/Darth Cheney administration (Do you maybe have me confused with Bill Maher?).

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Chad Love: Separating Art from Idiocy

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:45:36 -0400

I'm feeling old today so here's a bit of flashback for anyone out there who came of age in the Eighties...

From the story:

Rocker Morrissey is adamant about performing in a meat-free environment — so much so that he regularly bans all food “that used to have a face” from concert halls. Case in point was his most recent gig at Webster Hall in NY this week. From the article,

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